Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] a history [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shortly after , the Sheerwater section , which has a history of troubles , began leaking , and the canal below St. Johns had to be closed for the rest of the summer . |
| 2 | Local residents fear that shock waves from any blasting operation could disturb old mineshaft workings in the area , which has a history of subsidence problems . |
| 3 | As we might speak of the culture of the Hebrides , or as W. H. Rivers wrote of the culture of Melanesia , so we speak of the culture of the European West to describe a set of outlooks , aims and ways of life , which has a history in the past of Europe and has spread to other parts of the world . |
| 4 | As McKechnie Jess says , it has proved that , even in a sector which lacks a history of innovation , it is possible , through effective marketing , to change the shape of an established product . |
| 5 | ‘ Not only do you not wear a wedding-ring , but you have the air , the aura of sexual uncertainty which belies a history of nights spent in connubial bliss . ’ |
| 6 | Those which have a history of collaborating closely with people , such as the retrievers and other gundogs , are amongst the most responsive to training . |
| 7 | By contrast , some of the older countries , who got a history of calm and stability , they have Anthems which try to bring out the beauty of the country . |
| 8 | Indeed it is unusual to find a fresh case of genital herpes in someone who has a history of cold sores , although it does occur in some cases . |
| 9 | Anyone who has a history of epilepsy ( even if that condition is being fully controlled by medication ) should never on any account be hypnotized , as the process of entering the appropriate altered state of mind can actually trigger off an epileptic fit . |
| 10 | Patients who denied any symptoms , or who gave a history of a single episode of self-limiting dyspeptic symptoms were also excluded from gastrscopic examination , but all other patients were offered gastroscopy as outpatients . |
| 11 | In the second place , if reason is defined by its elimination of madness , and if history is a rational concept , the question then follows , how can you write a history of madness ? |
| 12 | She had a history of aching in the chest , pain extending to both shoulder blades , and neck pain associated with tiredness of both the upper and lower arms and hands . |
| 13 | She had a history of recurrent eczema but no exposure to toxic products . |
| 14 | She had a history of hospital admissions for similar symptoms in 1976 , 1983 , and 1989 which resolved spontaneously . |
| 15 | She had a history of insulin-dependent diabetes and hypertension . |
| 16 | As Thomas was apparently away in Reigate , Marina , his wife , aged 26 , who had a history of mental illness , was charged with the murder . |
| 17 | A child aged 14 in the care of a local authority who had a history of absconding was placed in an open unit from which he absconded and was absent for 94 days . |
| 18 | We excluded from the analysis subjects who had a history of heart attack , heart failure , stroke , cancer , or an unknown periodontal classification at baseline . |
| 19 | Youths rioted for two nights on the streets of Telford in the Midlands after police marksmen shot dead Ian Gordon early on Aug. 12 ; the 24-year-old black man , who had a history of psychiatric problems , had pointed a firearm at the policemen ; two witnesses were reported to have told police that the gun was unloaded and had no firing mechanism . |
| 20 | The comic , who had a history of heart trouble , had become a father for the fourth time only last year , when his second wife Tracey gave birth to their daughter Charlotte . |
| 21 | All the other deaths were of players who had a history of heart trouble . |
| 22 | The first Jewish embassy to Rome under Judas Maccabaeus appears to have included the historian Eupolemus , who wrote a history of the Jews in Greek and maintained that the Phoenicians and consequently the Greeks had learnt the art of writing from Moses ( cf. |
| 23 | None of the patients studied had received a blood transfusion in the 3 months before admission to the renal unit , and none had a history of diabetes mellitus . |
| 24 | None had a history of coeliac disease ; there were 10 patients with a reduced level of serum ferritin , vitamin B 1 2 , or corrected whole blood folate , and 3 patients had reticulin antibodies at a titre over 1/32 . |
| 25 | Shoulder injuries occur in competitors who have a history of problems with that joint . |
| 26 | Couples who have a history of sharing the domestic duties and ‘ mucking in ’ together , find that the transition happens smoothly . |
| 27 | For some , perhaps those who have a history of anxiety and many insecure attachments , a diminished capacity to engage in seeking new attachments may represent a welcome relief from endlessly unfulfilled desires . |
| 28 | Young children who have a history of being hit sometimes flinch when adults come too close . |
| 29 | Brown and Birley ( 1968 ) argued that people who have a history of schizophrenia have a high sensitivity to their social environment even when they have no apparent symptoms . |
| 30 | In 1909 she became editor of the Charity Organisation Review , and in 1914 she published a history of the previous half-century of charitable work in London , Social Work in London 1869–1912 . |